Like many cities outside of the Deep South, Duluth, Minnesota was a haven for Blacks looking for better opportunities. However, three Black men who were making their way in Duluth were lynched in 1920 after they were falsely accused of sexually assaulting a white woman and robbing her boyfriend. Issac McGhie, Elmer Jackson, and Elias […]
Get your dose of African American history right here on Joy Columbus! See what happen on this very day and the impact you can see these events below have on all of us. Let us know below if you learn something new. 1935 – Ethiopia Invaded by Italy Ethiopia, one of the only two independent […]
1915 – Xavier University, the first Black Catholic college in the US, opens in New Orleans Xavier is Catholic and historically black. However, its doors have always been open to qualified students of every race and creed. Today 25.1 percent of its students are not African-American and 74.3 percent are not Catholic. 1940 […]
Get your dose of African American history right here on Joy Columbus! See what happen on this very day and the impact you can see these events below have on all of us. Let us know below if you learn something new. 1862 – President Lincoln’s Promise and Warning to the South President Lincoln, in […]
Get your dose of African American history right here on Joy Columbus! See what happen on this very day and the impact you can see these events below have on all of us. Let us know below if you learn something new. 1830 – First National Black Convention Meets First National Black convention met at […]
Mark Wilson / Getty Images Lonnie Bunch leans forward to peer inside a slave cabin from Edisto Island, South Carolina. The dark and cramped interior defies his attempts to showcase the small living space its occupants subsisted on. Bunch flips on the flashlight on a borrowed smartphone, illuminating for his guests the craftsmanship, the hard […]
There’s no denying how huge Black History Month was this year. In fact, the cosmos even treated us to the gift of a leap year, giving us one more day for celebration. While looking back on February, there were moments that shifted the conversation surrounding Black Pride among Hollywood, politics, and television. From Beyonce’s Black […]
Black women aren’t stuck in the roles of yesteryear. Over time, they’ve graced screens – both big and small – playing versatile, relatable, and touching roles that help inspire #BlackGirlMagic all over the world.
Former Black Panther Sekou Odinga and Black Lives Matter activist Larry Fellows may come from different Black liberation movements, but both understand that to truly celebrate Black History Month, we must dig deeper.
While hosting a reception for Black History Month on Thursday, President Barack Obama greeted the crowd with First Lady Michelle Obama by his side, and of course, he brought the jokes.
